A charity based in Barrow will be showcasing how sense-deprived people can still enjoy the best of the outside world.
Fifth Sense announced on Friday that they would be collaborating with Scouarnec and Pease-Cox Garden Design on a garden that will be exhibited at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
The garden will prioritise the senses of sight, touch and sound whilst making people more aware of the vital role that smell plays in connecting us to our gardens and other outdoor spaces.
Designers Flora Scouarnec and Victoria Pease-Cox said: "We wanted to create a sensory garden to specifically highlight the challenges of smell impairment for this year’s show and to make people more aware of how important all the senses are when enjoying gardens.
“Whilst doing our research, we learned of Fifth Sense - we were so inspired by the touching personal stories and the forward-thinking work the charity is doing."
Fifth Sense was established in 2012 in partnership with its chief executive Duncan Boak, who lost his sense of smell as the result of a head injury in 2005, and Professor Carl Philpott, Director of the UK’s first NHS Smell and Taste Clinic.
"We are delighted to be designing a garden at Hampton Court this year," the designers added.
"And we are delighted to be working with Duncan and his team to raise awareness of the charity’s work through our garden.”
Adjacent to the garden will be a space where visitors can learn more about the display and Fifth Sense will run a range of interactive activities relating to smell and taste.
Mr Boak commented: "We are thrilled to be involved in this project and have the chance to raise awareness of smell and taste disorders with a new audience in such an engaging way.
"This represents a wonderful opportunity for our charity, and I’m grateful to Flora and Victoria for reaching out to Fifth Sense and asking us to be involved.”
The RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival is open to members of the public this year from Tuesday, July 2 to Sunday, July 7.
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